Govt mulls tapping wind power at low cost: Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said the central government has proposed to tap wind power from three ports in the country. The proposal to tap wind power from Tuticorin, Kandla and Paradip ports has been discussed with the Power Minister R K Singh, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways Gadkari said after presenting the degrees at the 34th annual convocation of Vellore Institute of Technology here.

The plan includes establishing desalination plants at the three ports to solve the drinking water problem, he said. Recalling his tenure as a water resources minister, Gadkari said he had taken steps to resolve various inter-state water issues but it was unfortunate that the dispute over sharing of Cauvery water between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka was not resolved. He termed it as a lack of “political will” between the leaders of both the states in solving the dispute.